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Point-of-Care Tools

Databases

ACP Journal Club: Selection of articles from the biomedical literature that report original studies and systematic reviews that warrant immediate attention by physicians attempting to keep pace with important advances in internal medicine. (foreground questions)

DXplain: DXplain is a clinical diagnostic decision-support system with the characteristics of an electronic medical textbook, a medical reference system, and a decision support tool. (foreground questions)

DynaMed Plus: DynaMed Plus is a clinical reference tool created by physicians for physicians and other health care professionals for use primarily at the 'point-of-care'. (background and foreground questions)

First Consult: Now within ClinicalKey, this resource still provides evidence-based information on differential diagnoses, medical conditions, procedures, and patient education. (background and foreground questions)

Isabel: A diagnosis checklist system - enter the signs and symptoms and the database will return with a list of possible diagnoses. (foreground questions)

MEDLINE (via Ovid): Includes links to full-text articles in the Journals@Ovid Collection as well as links to content in the EBM Reviews collection. (foreground questions)

United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF): Sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), the USPSTF is an independent panel of experts in primary care and prevention. They systematically review the evidence of effectiveness and develop recommendations, considered the "gold standard," for clinical preventive services. (foreground questions)

The Medical Letter: Includes access to Treatment Guidelines from The Medical Letter, Handbook of Antimicrobial Therapy, Drugs of Choice Handbook, and the Adverse Drug Interactions database. (background and foreground questions)

AccessMedicine: Over 60 medical textbooks in this collection, including 17 books within their clinical library. Search within books individually or select multiple books to search. (background questions)

Books@Ovid: 332 books covering a variety of medical specialties and conditions, as well as diagnosis and therapy manuals. (background questions)

ClinicalKey eBooks: Over 1,000 titles in this collection including many core medical textbooks. Browse by specialty or search within the entire collection or individual textbooks (background questions).